Storming the Sound

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South Sound Conference
Saturday, May 17, 2008

Past event
Date: Friday April 4, 2008
Time: 9:00 to 4:00
Location: Cooper Elementary
1901 SW Genesee St, Seattle

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Puget Sound > 2008 Storming the Sound

2008 Storming the Sound Conference
Central Puget Sound

About Storming the Sound Conference
Storming the Sound is a FREE one-day conference for environmental and sustainability educators in the Central Puget Sound region. This is a great opportunity for teachers, environmental organizations with education programs, and students with an interest in a career in environmental education to:

• Learn about other Puget Sound environmental education programs.
• Bring home practical strategies and tactics you can use.
• Gain skills and insights with experts and capable peers.
• Share insights and network with other educators.
• Engage and grow in sessions where everyone is a participant.
• Exchange ideas and experiences to help you develop new perspectives and approaches.

Please join us to explore and foster models and best practices for Puget Sound environmental and sustainability education.

Conference Highlights Include:

• Key Note Address: Presented by David Dicks, Executive Director, Puget Sound Partnership. Is a healthy Puget Sound within our reach? Working together, we can recover Puget Sound.
• Citizen Science; Public Participation in Authentic Field Investigation: Learn about best practices in Citizen Science monitoring. Join scientists and educators for an experience in the field using monitoring techniques from Nature Mapping.
• Environmental Education Report: Empirical Evidence, Exemplary Models, and Recommendations on the Impact of Environmental Education on K-12 Students.
• Environmental Justice and Youth Leadership: An innovative model of youth involvement and leadership in restoration science and environmental justice.
• Conservation and Inquiry-based education: Incorporating conservation, inquiry, and authentic science research in classroom, group and family environmental education programming.
• Puget Sound Action Agenda: The roadmap for Puget Sound restoration and protection efforts. What does it have to do with Environmental Education in Washington State?
• Biodiversity Education: Introduction to biodiversity utilizing museum specimens.
  
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This conference is FREE but we would appreciate a $10 donation at the door. Lunch is provided. Advance registration is required at the link below. Space is limited, so register early!

Register online now!

For questions, please contact:
Justine Asohmbom, Puget Sound Education Coordinator,
(425) 649-7108
juas461@ecy.wa.gov
or
Amy Hale, People for Puget Sound in Seattle,
(206) 382-7005, ext. 216
ahale@pugetsound.org

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